It’s next to impossible to make politicians, influentials obey law: OQ

Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said that it was next to impossible to make politicians and influential people go by law.

BB reserve theft: PH court orders return of $15.25m to B’desh

A Philippine court on Monday ordered Philippine central bank – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – to return to the Bangladesh Bank $15.25 million recovered so far out of $81 million stolen from the latter’s reserve account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February.

MP Rana shifted to Kashimpur jail

Ruling Awami League lawmaker for Tangail 3 constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana was shifted to Kashimpur jail in Gazipur on Monday.

PM reaches NY to join UN General Assembly

The prime minister Sheikh Hasina has arrived in New York from Montreal, Canada to attend 71st UN General Assembly.

Eight killed in road accidents

At least eight people including three women were killed while 51 others injured in separate road accidents in Munshiganj, Bogra and Magura on Monday.

New York bombing: Investigators search for suspects, motive

A day after a bombing injured 29 people in a New York City neighborhood, surveillance videos show the same man near the site of the explosion and another location where a pressure-cooker device was found four blocks away, multiple local and federal law enforcement sources told CNN.

Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte wants 6 months to tackle drug problem

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte wants six more months to "put everything in order" regarding his country's drug problems.

Vladimir Putin's party winning in Russian parliamentary elections

Russian President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party is winning Sunday's parliamentary elections, despite the presence of hundreds of opposition candidates on the ballot.

Syria ceasefire under threat after US-led strikes kill regime troops, Russia says

One day after coalition airstrikes bombed Syrian government troops, warplanes made multiple attacks against rebel strongholds in eastern Aleppo on Sunday.

Soldiers killed in army base attack in Indian-administered Kashmir

India's Home Affairs Minister is calling Pakistan a terrorist state, but stops short in blaming the country for the deaths of 17 soldiers who were killed when militants attacked an army camp in Indian-administered Kashmir early Sunday morning.